Wheel chair



M. R. SOBER April 26, 1955 WHEEL CHAIR 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 25; 1952 Myron R 0 INVENTOR.

April 26, 1955 M. R. SOBER 2,707,019

WHEEL CHAIR Filed Aug. 25, l952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 62 60 Fig. 2 64 a q 64 Myra/7 R Sober mmvmze.

United States Patent Ofiice Patented Apr. 26, 1955 2,707,019 to absorb vibration so that it is not imparted from the WHEEL CHAIR Th Myron R Saber Eyers Grove Pa with an adjustable foot rest 46, and a pair of arm rests Application August 25, 1952, serial No. 306,237 1 front ends of the arm rests 48 are supported by upstand- 1 Claim. (Cl. 155--30) rests by removable pins 53 and to the seat 42 by pivot pins 54.

Slotted strips 60 are connected to the arm rests by removable pins 62 and adjusting screws 64 extend through This invention relates to new and useful improvements the slots thereof into the sides of the back rest 44.

and structural refinements in wheel chairs, and the prin- When it is desired to transfer a patient from a bed to cipal object of the invention is to provide a wheel chair the chair, the chair is positioned adjacent the bed in arwhich may be quickly and easily adjusted as to height, allel relation and by removing the pins 53 and 62, the

primarily for the purpose of facilitating efficient and comarm rests 48 and straps 52 may be dropped downwardly fortable transferring of a patient from a bed to the wheel so that a patient may be transferred directly to the wheel chair and vice versa. chair. This may be further facilitated by lowering the The above object is achieved by the provision of a back rest 44 to a substantially coplanar relation with the wheel chair including a chassis, a seat, and vertically seat 42 and the adjacent bed. adjustable jack means between the chassis and the seat, Needless to say by actuating the jack unit 26 the seat whereby the latter may be raised or lowered. 42 may be raised or lowered so as to conform to the Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its height of the bed and when the wheel chair is in readisimplicity of construction, in its eflicient operation and ness for traveling, suitable stabilizing straps 56 equipped in its adaptability to economical manufacture. with buckles 58 may be passed around the side rails 14 With the above more important objects and features of the chassis frame and around the side members 34 of in view, and such other objects and features as may bethe seat support, so as to prevent any lateral swaying come apparent as this specification proceeds, the invenmovement of the seat.

tion consists essentially of the arrangement and con- It IS believed that the advantages and use of the invenstruction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying tion will be readily understood from the foregoing disdrawings, in which: closure and accordingly, further description thereof at Figure l is a side elevational view of the invention. this point is deemed unnecessary. Figure 2 is a fragmentary front elevational view While in the foregoing there has been shown and dethereof. scribed the preferred embodiment of this invention it is Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view, taken substanto be understood that minor changes in the details of contially in the plane of the line 3-3 in Figure 2, and struction, combination and arrangement of parts may be igure 4 is a sectional view, taken substantially in the resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of plane of the line 4--4 in Figure 2. the invention as claimed.

Like characters of reference are employed to desig- Having described the invention, what is claimed as new nate like parts in the specification and throughout the is: several views. In a wheel chair, the combination of a wheeled chassis Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, including a platform and a pair of side rails, a jack unit the invention comprises a wheel chair designated genermounted on said platform, a seat support carried by said ally by the reference character 10, the same embodying jack unit and including a pair of side members, said jack in its construction a chassis 12 including a pair of slide t forming a Vertical adjusfmnt for Said 868i pp rails 14, and a pair of cross members 16, the chassis a pair of stabilizing members connecting said side memeing provided with the usual wheels 18 and casters 20 as 5 bel's t0 the respective Side T6118, Springs PTOVidfid 011 Said will be clearly understood. support, and a seat mounted on said springs, each of said An elongated platform 22 is secured to the chassis 12, stabilizing members comprises a flexible strap passing specifically to the cross members 16 of the ha by around a side member and a side rail and a buckle adunit 26 of a conventional type is secured to the platform 22 by sufitable boltsh2g. sghish aik unit is actuatel 12y References Cited in the file of this patent means 0 a screw-s at w ic ma e rotate y means of a removable extension handle 3 2 when the jack UNITED STATES PATENTS unit is to be raised or lowered. 521,463 Smith-Fraser June 19, 1894 The jack unit 26 carries at the top thereof a seat sup- 0 961,389 Walker June 14, 1910 port including a pair of angle-shaped side members 34 1,696,126 Salmon Dec. 18, 1928 and a crosspiece 36, the latter being secured to the jack 1,739,366 Lang Dec. 10, 1929 unit 26 by suitable bolts 38. 2,233,262 Jacobs ;1111:1111: Feb. 25, 1941 

